Visit the offshore fort

[Aug. 2023] In the town of Nafplio on the Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece, where we stayed for about 10 days, there are two fortresses that stand out. One is on…

Pantheon, by mistake

…all. The next day, we had almost the whole day free, so we decided to head to the Pantheon, taking my friend’s comment that there was a huge tomb of…

Stepping into the Alps

[Apr. 2023] The Skyway, a ropeway that goes up to Monte Bianco from Courmayeur, a resort area in the Valle d’Aosta region in north western Italy, costs €59 per person…

Enjoy ballet at Royal Opera House

[October, 2012] I love ballet. I gave up becoming a professional dancer long time ago, but still, I sometimes go and see performances. In England the top company is the…

Madness of Ameya Yokocho

…it. I wonder there were some professional people pushers there, as we were pushed around like crazy. We could just about walk through this 400 metre street. From the shops…

Disguise and take a photo

[ May, 2013 ] There are services for tourists to let them wear some historical costumes and take professional photos in many countiries in the world. As a matter of…

Gorgeous Theatre of Opera and Ballet

…we looked up the statue of Shevchenko in the wide avenue that is like a park, called Prospekt Svobody (Freedom Avenue). This avenue used to be a river. Shevchenko is…

The Beef and Sake in Murakami

…if there was an air conditioner. He explained that the professional sake producer emerged only around the mid Edo era (1603 – 1868), because, until then, people were not rich…